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Saurabh Singhal
Saurabh Singhal is a Lecturer in economics at Lancaster University, and a research affiliate at the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the Institute for Labour Economics (IZA). His research interests include the political economy of development, human capital development issues, and experimental economics. His current projects analyse individual and household decisions related to health and education, and how these interact with political institutions, conflict, and public policies. He is closely involved with collecting primary survey, field and lab experimental data in India and Vietnam, among others, to study these issues. He has previously worked at the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and at the University of Delhi. Saurabh holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California.
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How do better-ranked colleges help meet India’s skill shortages? Evidence using a regression discontinuity design
This project exploits the variation in the University of Delhi college admission process to estimate the effects of exposure to high-achieving peers on cognitive attainment using scores on standardised university level examinations; behavioral outcomes such as risk preference, competitiveness, and confidence; and noncognitive outcomes using measures of Big Five personality traits.
Peer influence and human capital accumulation: Evidence from Delhi University colleges
College is an important milestone in life that is believed to develop several aspects of an individual's human capital, broadly defined to include both cognitive and socio-emotional traits. Consequently, there is great emphasis on obtaining admission into a more selective college. This column draws upon data from Delhi University to examine the returns to enrolling in a more selective college.